Whitey Allen

Whitey Allen was a tuff boxer who fought such great boxers as Harry Greb, Gene Tunney, Bill Brennan, Willie Meehan, Bartley Madden, Battling Levinsky, jim Coffey and Jack Dillon. Whitey Allen's birth name was Herbert Allard but also had an alias Artie Allen. Whitey fought as a heavyweight at the end of his career but also fought at lighter weights before that. He was born in Sweden and then made his hometown Berlin, NH in the U.S.

Tale Of The Tape Birth Name: Herbert Allard Date of Birth: 1891-June-22 Alias: Artie Allen, Hebert Allard Birth place: Skarblacka, Sweden Hometown: Berlin, NH Weight: Heavyweight Manager: Leo P. Flynn Date of Death: 1966-Oct-01

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STAR BOUT ENDS IN FIRST ROUND

The New York Times. April 30, 1913.

Jim Coffey of Ireland stopped Whitey Allen of the Bronx in less than a round.

Allen was no match for the hard hitting Irishman, and after the first few seconds of the opening round he was entirely on the defensive with the finish only a question of a short time. Coffey weighed 193 pounds and Allen tipped the beam at 180 pounds. Allen's principal claim to recognition as a heavyweight was through his victory over Nick Muller at the same club about two weeks ago. He started off well by landing a few left jabs to Coffey's face, but once the latter started Allen never never had a chance. He went down four times in quick sucession, being floored three times and falling once. He took the count of nine on his first fall, and on the second and third trips to the canvas he took the count of three each time. When Coffey sent him down the fourth time the referee waved the Irishman to his corner and stopped the contest.

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Greb Scores Technical Knockout

The New York Times. Dec 24, 1921. Page 12.

Syracuse, N.Y.., Dec 23,-1921-Harry Greb of Pittsburgh won a technical knock-out over "Whitey" Allen of New York when the latter was forced to quit in the sixth round of their bout here tonight. Greb punished Allen severly throughout the fight and the New York man's eyes were completely closed when he gave up.

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RING RECORD: (unknown)

 selected bouts

1913
Feb 26	1913	Charley White		New York	KO 1 (win)
Apr 12	1913	Nick  Muller		NewYork		KO'd by 4 (loss)
Apr 29	1913	Jim   Coffey		New York	KO'd by 1
Jun 3	1913	Jim   Savage		New York	TKO'd by 2
Sep 6	1913	Jack  Curphy		New York	TKO'd by 5
Sep 17	1913	Battling Levinsky	New York	TKO'd by 3

1914
May 9	1914	Burt   Kenny   		New York	ND 10
Sep 19	1914	Bartley Madden		New York	ND 10 (loss)

1915
Jan 22	1915	Jim   Elliott		New York	KO 2

1916
Jan 22	1916	Willie Meehan		New York	ND 10
Mar 18	1916	Jack  Dillon		New York	KO'd by 4

1917
Feb 12	1917	Joe     Mace		New York	KO 2

1920
Jan 1	1920	Gene  Tunney		New Jers.	KO'd by 2
May 15	1920	Bill Brennan		KO'd by 4

1921
Feb 18	1921	KO   Sweeney		New York	KO 1
Sep 28	1921	Oliver Dumouchel	Montreal	KO 1
Dec 23	1921	Harry   Greb		New York	TKO'd by 6

1922
Feb 24	1922	Mike  Conroy		New York	KO'd by 4
Sep 29	1922	Floyd Johnson		New York	TKO'd by 1

1926
Sep 10	1926	Joe    Monte		Brockton,MA	L 10
Oct 21	1926	Al  Friedman		Lynn, MA	L 10

1927
Feb 7	1927	Henry  Lamar		Boston		TKO'd by 6

1928
Jun 1	1928	Elzear Rioux		Vermont		KO'd by 2




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